The Hauntings of Colonial Williamsburg Part 2 | Guest Dr. Kelly M. Brennan

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🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Williamsburg, Virginia, has a long history. Before it was Williamsburg, it was known as Middle Plantation, an unincorporated town founded in 1632. In 1699, it changed its name to Williamsburg. In 1932, Colonial Williamsburg opened its first public exhibition building. The site spans over 300 acres and includes 89 original buildings dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. It also is home to some residents you can’t see—ghosts. In this episode we talk about the tavern hauntings.

About our guest: Dr. Kelly M. Brennan is a historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where her research fields of expertise include sex, death, magic, ghosts, “insanity,” and crime and punishment. She is the former creative lead for Colonial Williamsburg's "Haunted Williamsburg." She teaches a course at the College of William and Mary on the commodification of the supernatural in the United States.

About Colonial Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational institution and the largest U.S. history museum in the world. The Foundation preserves an extensive collection of 18th-century buildings and artifacts and operates two world-class art museums. You can get more information at colonialwilliamsburg.org.

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0:00.0	Today on the Grave Talks, we continue our conversation about Colonial Williamsburg, the history
0:06.4	and the hauntings with the historian of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Kelly Brennan.
0:12.7	Today, we'll talk about the haunted taverns in Colonial Williamsburg, including one of the
0:20.2	best ghost stories I have ever heard.
0:23.4	If you haven't listened to the first part of our conversation, make sure you do.
0:27.6	I'm Carol Hughes, and on this episode of the Grave Talks, we'll continue our conversation
0:33.2	about the history and hauntings of Colonial Williamsburg with Kelly Brennan, historian
0:38.7	of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
0:41.2	Now, you can't have any sort of a city without taverns, especially at that time.
0:48.0	A tavern would have been a community meeting place.
0:51.8	Travelers come through.
0:53.5	There's some different taverns.
0:54.5	One of the things I will say, and I really like that you pointed out it was a community
0:57.8	space, but it's really a community space for men.
1:00.8	Oh, that yes.
1:01.8	But during this time period, it's still sort of a bastion of just men.
1:06.2	And I forget how long Williamsburg has been there.
1:11.5	Right.
1:12.5	Right.
1:13.5	So it would have been men and probably men travelers as well.
1:16.6	Maybe if they were traveling with a woman, they might, but I can't even see a woman being
1:20.6	able to go into the room.
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